Sep 15, 1997 · 43m
Buffy returns from summer vacation sporting an attitude and suffers from recurring nightmares involving the Master. Meanwhile, the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.


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Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
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Sep 15, 1997 · 43m
Buffy returns from summer vacation sporting an attitude and suffers from recurring nightmares involving the Master. Meanwhile, the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.
Sep 22, 1997 · 42m
Two science club nerds use body parts to create the "perfect girlfriend" for a teenager who has been brought back from the dead.
Sep 29, 1997 · 43m
Buffy's mother and friends become trapped inside Sunnydale High School when a vampire named Spike launches an attack against the Slayer on Parent-Teacher night.
Oct 6, 1997 · 43m
An Incan Princess mummy is reanimated in Sunnydale where she sucks the life force from others in order to stay alive.
Oct 13, 1997 · 42m
Buffy and Cordelia inadvertently attend a frat party hosted by a murderous cult.
Oct 27, 1997 · 42m
On Halloween, Buffy and her friends patronize an unusual costume shop where customers turn into whatever costume they are wearing.
Nov 3, 1997 · 43m
Buffy is lured into a trap by a group of undead wannabes who hope that Spike will make them vampires in exchange for giving him the Slayer.
Nov 10, 1997 · 43m
Giles' past comes back to haunt him as a demon he and Ethan Rayne summoned in their wild youth seeks them out in Sunnydale.
Nov 17, 1997 · 42m
Spike brings in three professional bounty hunters to eliminate Buffy while she ponders on what her profession might be if her fate wasn't already sealed.
Nov 24, 1997 · 41m
Buffy joins forces with another Slayer in hopes of saving Angel from the clutches of Spike and Drusilla.
Dec 8, 1997 · 43m
Buffy's mom introduces her new boyfriend, who charms everyone except Buffy. When she confronts his dark side, she is left questioning her actions.
Jan 12, 1998 · 43m
Buffy and her friends are given eggs to take care of for a health class assignment, but aren't prepared for what hatches.
Jan 19, 1998 · 43m
To give Buffy a surprise on her 17th birthday, Drusilla and Spike bring together the body parts of a dismembered demon who cannot be killed.
Jan 20, 1998 · 42m
Buffy and her friends battle the Judge and face unexpected danger from Angel, who has lost his soul after experiencing a moment of true happiness.
Jan 27, 1998 · 42m
Buffy and her friends discover secrets about themselves as they battle a werewolf, its hunter, and their own emotions.
Feb 10, 1998 · 43m
As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.
Feb 24, 1998 · 42m
Angel steps up his torment of Buffy and her friends as Jenny searches for a way to restore his soul.
Mar 3, 1998 · 41m
While hospitalized with a severe case of the flu, Buffy investigates the young patients' fear that Death is stalking the children's ward.
Apr 28, 1998 · 43m
Sunnydale High School is haunted by the ghosts of a former student and teacher who reenact their tragic romance through the bodies of the school's current inhabitants.
May 5, 1998 · 41m
Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.
May 12, 1998 · 43m
Angel plots to revive an ancient demon bent on sweeping everything on earth into hell itself.
May 19, 1998 · 42m
Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2 premiered on September 15, 1997.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2 has 22 episodes.
The season opens with Season 2 Episode 1, "When She Was Bad". It aired on September 15, 1997.
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